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# sk180479 - Gaia Clish Scheduled Snapshots fails with "scheduled_snapshot: set_binding: Failed to set binding"

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk180479 |
| Date Created | 2023-01-04 |
| Last Modified | 2024-09-11 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway, Security Management Server, Multi-Domain Security Management Server |
| Versions | R81.10 (EOS), R81.10 (EOS), R81.10 (EOS) |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- "Scheduled Snapshots" is failed with the following error.  

```

/var/log/messages
Sep 23 08:45:02 2022 HostName scheduled_snapshot: set_binding: Failed to set binding :
 error = libdb_do_transaction: connection closed during operation ; val=(nil)
```

## Cause

The file path or password is too long.  

A maximum of 128 characters is supported in the database binding for scheduled snapshots. The database binding includes the file path, password, and other information, such as the time of day.

## Solution

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